Has an AFL game ever ended 124-96?
It has. 124-96 has been a AFL final 3 times in 16,622 games. The first was Essendon beat Sydney on September 12, 1942; the latest was Geelong beat Collingwood on May 8, 1994.
That makes 124-96 the 1534th most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 125-96 has happened never and 124-97 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 49 years, between 1942 and 1991.